Patel is an indian surname, predominantly found in the state of gujarat and mumbai india, representing the community of mass landowning farmers and later with the british east india company businessmen, agriculturalists and merchants. Meet the patels is a reallife romantic comedy about ravi patel, an indian american actorcomedian who enters into a love triangle between the woman of his dreams and his parents. One mans quest to find love, the oldschool indian way. This looks good so im going to forward this to ravi, ok. Introducing meet the patels, the best 2015 documentary. For this is the story of a man out to find a soulmate, and the film dramatically hinges on the outcome. In this reallife my big fat greek wedding, an indianamerican man who is about to turn 30 gets help from. Geeta is known for her emotional, formpushing, and nontraditional style that merges documentary and dramatic forms. Meet the patels doc has the breezy feel of a scripted romcom. When i decided to check out the recentlyaddedonnetflix documentary, meet the patels, what i didnt expect was such an authentic and creative approach to explaining an aspect of a culture that many americans, at least me, were not knowledgeable of, and doing so in a sweet, laughoutloud and very real way.
Patels must marry patels video independent lens pbs. Wellbalanced and intimate without being invasive, meet the patels is one of the best documentaries youll see this year and without a doubt is a. Bittorrent and filmbuff to launch first ondemand documentary. Meet the patels is a laughoutloud real life romantic comedy about ravi patel, an almost30yearold indianamerican who enters a love triangle. A laughoutloud real life romantic comedy about ravi patel, an almost30yearold indianamerican who enters a love triangle between the. Introducing meet the patels, the best 2015 documentary that you. An indianamerican man who is about to turn 30 gets help. An indianamerican man who is about to turn 30 gets help from his parents and extended family to start looking for a wife in the traditional indian way. But this film is about the journey, not the destination. Meet the patels is a laughoutloud, reallife romantic comedy about ravi patel, an almost30yearold indianamerican who enters a love triangle between the woman of his dreams. The film is also delightful when it wanders down paths that might otherwise be considered. Meet the patels is a laughoutloud real life romantic comedy about ravi patel, an almost30yearold indianamerican who enters a love triangle between the woman of his dreams. Meet the patels is a laughoutloud real life romantic comedy about ravi patel.
Meet the patels assigns directing credits to both ravi and his sister geeta, who though rarely showing up on camera, is dealing with similar concerns, being nearly 30 and single. Meet ravi patel, a single 30yearold indian american actor whose parents pull out all the stops to find him a bride, in this charming reallife romantic comedy. The charming family comedy from sisterandbrother filmmakers geeta and ravi patel opens on september 11. The film has gone on to win a number of other awards, including being the first film ever to win both the audience award and founders prize at. This hilarious and heartwarming film reveals how love is a family affair. Meet the patels is on better footing in its colorful, yet loving portrait of the immediate patel family. Meet the patels is the ultimate documentary highlighting the modern indian american experience, replete with precious quips from mom and dad patel, witty replies from their americanized adultish children, and boatloads of emotional blackmail filmed over two years, meet the patels follows ravi patel, a successful indian american hollywood actor, on his quest to find the. Wellbalanced and intimate without being invasive, meet the patels is one of the best documentaries youll see this year and without a doubt is a film for everyone, no matter who you are. Introducing meet the patels, the best 2015 documentary that you probably havent heard of the charming family comedy from sisterandbrother filmmakers geeta and ravi patel opens on september 11. Patel s documentary offers a sharp, often riotously funny take on the conflicts.
An indianamerican man who is about to turn 30 gets help from his parents and extended family to start looking for a. Code switch ravi patel had tried and failed to find the one. Meet the patels is a charming, real life romantic comedy about ravi patel, an indian american actorcomedian who enters into a love triangle between the woman of his dreams and his parents. View the profiles of professionals named meet patel on linkedin. Meet the patels is a laughoutloud, reallife romantic comedy about ravi patel, an almost30yearold indianamerican who enters a love triangle. Fox searchlight is developing a remake of the documentary meet the patels, with the sisterbrother team of geeta v. According to meet the patels, geeta patels cheerful documentary concerning her actor brother ravi patels picaresque quest to find a romantic partner a romcomdom. In meet the patels, a son submits to a marriage quest. Patel, as he embarks on a quest to find a wife and make his family happy. The website is under development, but keep checking back as i plan to make updates often. Download meet the patels torrents from our searched results, get meet the patels torrent or magnet via bittorrent clients. This channel was generated automatically by youtube s video. Traditionally the surname is a status name referring to the village chieftains throughout during medieval ages, and was later. Meet the patels is a 2014 american romantic comedy documentary film directed by siblings geeta v.
What began as practice turned into meet the patels a documentary released last year that attempts to answer the question, whom do you decide to love. Not getting married and staying single is the biggest loser you can be. In this reallife my big fat greek wedding, an indianamerican man who is about to turn 30 gets help from his parents and extended family so he can start looking for a wife in the traditional. Filmed by ravis sister, geeta, in what started as a family vacation video, this warm and funny film reveals how, for a patel, love is truly a family affair. Memorable quotes and exchanges from movies, tv series and more. Meet the patels documentary about indian american arranged. Meet the patels is a laughoutloud real life romantic comedy about ravi patel, an almost30yearold indianamerican who enters a love triangle between. In this excerpt from meet the patels, ravi patel arrives in india for a trip with his parents, who are very eager for him to marry, and not so. Like the romcoms it emulates, the ending of meet the patels is never in doubt. It embraces this notion by interspersing its subjects quest for love with clips from successful examples of the romcom genre. Watch meet the patels trailers and video, including teasers, extended looks, exclusive clips, footage, sneak peeks, interviews, and more on moviefone. Download meet the patels 2014 full movie online in hd.
The film explores the expectations surrounding marriage in the patels firstgeneration indian immigrant family and in wider american society. The film portrays patel s autobiographical journey of trying to find an indian wife. The site will contain a blog, photo gallery, information about our family, and links. The beginning frames, its the worst footage ever because its not supposed to be a movie, patel says. Exclusive meet raman aka karan patels fiancee ankita. Meet the patels doc has the breezy feel of a scripted. Meet the patels explores the influences of culture and identity on ones love life, as actorfilmmaker ravi patel explores trying an arranged. Geeta and her brother ravi directed the boxoffice hit meet the patels, which led to a writingdirecting deal with fox searchlight for the feature film adaptation geeta is also writerdirector of the upcoming feature film mouse, produced by grant hill the. Meet the patels discussion guide influence film club. The documentary meet the patels bills itself as a reallife romantic comedy. Alchemy picks up documentary meet the patels wochit.
Meet the patels 2014 is available on netflix thailand. Meet the patels documentary shows the funny side of immigrant family pressure. Meet the patels sneaks up on you with these mentions and subtle explorations of intraracial and interracial bias, and it does so without destroying the films light tone. He has also written and directed, with his sister, an autobiographical documentary, meet the patels. It was supposed to be me learning how to use a camera. An almost30yearold indianamerican enters into a love triangle between the woman of his dreams. Meet the patels is a fascinating window into the cultural practice of arranged marriages through a contemporary lens and anyone whos been. Meet the patels had its global premiere at the 2014 hot docs film festival in toronto, where it was the runnerup for the audience award. She is the target of the films most brutal line from the patel patriarch.
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